News Articles from Tuesday 31^st of March 2009

17:38: /C O R R E C T I O N -- GlaxoSmithKline Consumer Healthcare/

17:37: XELR8 Holdings, Inc. Announces Fourth Quarter and 2008 Annual Financial Results

17:30: Analyzing Jim Cramer's St. Jude Medical (STJ) Pick - www.ONN.tv Reports

17:26: MSC Acquires Optimal Translation & Transportation

17:25: iVu Imaging Selects BancTec's Multi-Vendor Services Group as Exclusive Service Provider for Intelligent Volumetric Ultrasound Equipment

17:19: Orexigen(R) Therapeutics Names Michael Narachi, 24-Year Biopharmaceutical Veteran, New President and Chief Executive Officer

17:06: Insmed Completes Sale of Follow-On Biologics Platform to Merck & Co., Inc. for Gross Proceeds of $130 Million

17:05: DST Systems, Inc. Completes Acquisition of Remaining 50% of Argus Health Systems, Inc.

17:00: Hanger Orthopedic Group, Inc. Announces First Quarter 2009 Earnings Release Conference Call

16:55: deCODE genetics Announces Full-year 2008 Financial Results

16:52: State Budget Preserves State Pharmacy Program for Seniors (EPIC)

16:30: Bradmer announces 2008 fourth quarter and fiscal year operational and financial results

16:28: Encorium Group Postpones Filing of 10-K as it Evaluates Goodwill Impairment Charge

16:20: Alseres Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Complies with NASDAQ Rule Regarding Recently Filed 10-K

16:15: Senetek PLC Reports 2008 Financial Results

16:15: TorreyPines Therapeutics Reduces Workforce to Three Employees

16:05: Anadys Pharmaceuticals to Present at the CanAccord Adams Hepatitis C Conference

16:01: Cornerstone Therapeutics to Present at BioCentury's 2009 Future Leaders in the Biotech Industry Conference

16:00: Delaware Court Rules That Watson Does Not Infringe Patent Related to Generic Version of Concerta(R) and Declares Patent Invalid

15:51: Organic Left Standing as the Gold Standard for Consumers Looking to Avoid Food Produced With Synthetic Growth Hormones

15:45: Heart Hospital of Austin First Site in World to Test Efficacy of New Adult Stem Cell Therapy to Treat Damaged Heart Tissue in Phase II Trial

15:37: Courage Center Now Accepting Nominations for Jay and Rose Phillips Awards and Phillips Caregiver Award

15:30: Midwest Research Institute Expands in Kansas to Support Regional Economic Development in Animal Health, Biosecurity, and Bioenergy Sectors

15:18: Aurora West Allis Medical Center Ranked Among the Top 100 U.S. Hospitals

15:18: Cooperative Exchange Meeting to Tackle Stimulus Package Effects

15:12: Coalition of Business, Labor, Academia and Bioscience Groups to Promote Medical Innovation, Spark Economic Growth

15:09: Intercell Announces FDA Approval of IXIARO(R), a Vaccine Against Japanese Encephalitis

15:08: Novavax Reports Fourth Quarter and 2008 Year-End Financial Results

15:00: National Council on Disability Calls for New Federal Approach to Disability Policy

15:00: Biopure Receives Notices About Nasdaq Listing Compliance

15:00: Novavax Announces New Capital Infusion Through a Strategic Alliance with Cadila Pharmaceuticals of India

15:00: Covance Experts to Present Key Insights on Risk Management at Bio/Pharmaceutical Drug Safety Forum

14:55: Immunotherapy-Based Provisional Patents Mark Significant Discovery

14:50: Caraco Pharmaceutical Laboratories, Ltd. Announces a Nationwide Voluntary Recall of All Lots of Digoxin Tablets Due to Size Variability

14:43: Pennsylvania State Department of Health Announces Three Cases of Measles in Southwest Region

14:38: Cadus Reports 2008 Results

14:30: Trust for America's Health on the Recall of Certain Pistachios and the U.S. Food Safety System

14:11: Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority Releases March Advisory

14:08: Record Number of Volunteers Provided Free Dental Care to Needy Children in Minnesota

14:01: Sheraton Dallas Hotel Provides Accommodations for Families Visiting Children's Medical Center

14:00: Video Feed: Secretary of Health Urges Pennsylvanians to Register As Organ & Tissue Donors During 'Donate Life' Month

13:54: 23andMe Launches Free Online Community for Moms and Moms-to-Be

13:24: Nephros Reports 2008 Fourth Quarter and Full Year Financial Results

13:09: ArunA Biomedical Awarded Department of Defense Contract to Further Develop Environmental Biosensor for National Security

13:08: Central DuPage Hospital Named a 100 Top Hospital in the U.S. for Third Consecutive Year

13:00: Health Care Innovations and Opportunities Attract Attendees from 40 Countries and Delegations from 12 to 6th Annual World Health Care Congress

12:45: Jiffy Lube(R) Celebrates $1.35 Million Contribution to American Heart Association Through Maintenance Partners for Life Campaign

12:30: Frost & Sullivan: End-to-End Integration of HD Devices in the Operating Room Ushers in a New Era in Disruptive Technology

12:27: Federal Tobacco Tax Increase a Good Reason to Quit Smoking

12:27: Repligen Licenses Patent Rights for Treatment of Bipolar Disorder

12:24: Federal Cigarette Tax Increase and Current Economy Will Change Smoker's Habits

12:16: Metametrix Introduces the New TRIAD(SM) Bloodspot Profile

12:11: New, Interactive Health Web Site Provides Information About a Painful and Often Debilitating Condition Affecting Older Americans

12:07: Frost & Sullivan Lauds Carl Zeiss Meditec for Dominating the OCT Market for Ophthalmic Applications

12:07: Saint Mary's Regional Medical Center and Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield Join to Enhance Access and Greater Choice in Northern Nevada

12:05: Axsium Group Launches Workforce Management Practice for Healthcare Industry

12:00: Free Community Seminar; Reviews Treatment Options for Enlarged Prostate

12:00: Cardinal Health to Reduce Workforce to Respond to Economic Conditions

12:00: Major Restless Legs Study Completes Enrollment With Support From MediciGlobal

11:59: White House Protest Denouncing Obama's Speech at Notre Dame and Proposed Change in Abortion Conscience Regs.

11:44: Varian Medical Systems Schedules Second Quarter FY2009 News Release and Conference Call

11:41: Mars Snackfood Urges U.S. Congress to Update National School Nutrition Standards

11:26: USDA Adds Walnuts to Government Sponsored Meals

11:21: HealthWorldWeb Adds Michael Millenson and J.D. Kleinke to Board of Advisors

11:20: Greenway Medical Technologies Begins Offering State-of-the-Art Research Platform, PrimeResearch

11:11: Edmond Scientific Company Demonstrates RHIO/HIE Data Security and Privacy Solution for the NHIN at Annual HIMSS Conference, Chicago '09

11:05: Elder Abuse Complaint Filed Against Extendicare

11:05: VivoMetrics Partners With OBS Medical to Develop Decision Assist Software for Remote Patient Monitoring

11:04: New Clinical Study Shows Masimo PVI(TM) Accurately Predicts Fluid Responsiveness in the ICU

11:03: The American Medical Association and Elsevier Join to Co-Publish ICD-9-CM and HCPCS Coding Reference Books

10:55: Amniotic Fluid May Provide New Source of Stem Cells for Future Therapies

10:46: No April Fooling: Higher Taxes On Tobacco Really Do Reduce Smoking, Says American Lung Association of Upper Midwest

10:40: NASDAQ Gives Dynatronics a Third Three-Month Extension for Minimum Bid Price Compliance

10:36: User Centric to Address EHR Usability With New Service Offering

10:21: Video: U.S. Department of Health & Human Services and Ad Council Launch National Lupus Awareness Campaign

10:17: Fina Technologies Names Spotfire Founder Christopher Ahlberg to Board of Directors

10:15: Pennsylvania Dental Association Cautions Patients: Don't Forgo Dental Visits Because of the Economy

10:09: Hard To Treat Diseases (HTDS) Best Technological Innovation Award 2009

10:05: New Study Shows That Despite Recession, Consumer 'Hold-Outs' Struggle To Have It All

10:00: Viroblock SA Reports Positive Results of Preclinical Studies in Antiviral Nasal Spray

10:00: Lighthouse International Expands Vision Health Services for All New Yorkers

10:00: Trust for America's Health Testifies before Congress on Building Prevention into Health Reform

10:00: Five Research Studies at International SRCD Meeting in Denver Use Technology from Boulder Foundation

10:00: April is Emotional Overeating Awareness Month

10:00: Wound, Ostomy & Continence Nurses Society Focuses On Preparing the Next Generation of Leaders

10:00: PGD Technology Offers More Than Designer Babies

09:59: Arno Therapeutics Reports 2008 Year-End Financial Results

09:58: Male Cosmetic Surgery Slows Down While Female Cosmetic Surgery Advances

09:46: Worldwide Sensation: "A"- Implant Novelty From Austria

09:45: Universal Health Services, Inc. Enters Into Long-Term Agreement With Opus Healthcare Solutions for OpusMobility(R) and Support Services

09:39: ArunA Biomedical Announces Co-development of Fully Validated Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell Kit

09:36: B. Braun Medical Inc. to Demonstrate Infusion Systems Technologies at HIMSS 2009 Interoperability Showcase

09:30: Wyeth Submits Marketing Application to FDA for its 13-Valent Vaccine for the Prevention of Pneumococcal Disease in Infants and Toddlers

09:15: Corgenix AspirinWorks(R) Test Recognized in POLYCAP Study at ACC.09

09:15: iMedica Partners With Colorado Medical Society To Offer Electronic Health Record, Practice Management Solutions

09:14: National Council on Disability Makes Recommendations to Create More Federal Job Opportunities for People With Disabilities

09:11: CareFusion Corporation Files Form 10 Registration Statement

09:09: Cardium's InnerCool Announces Journal of Neurotrauma Highlights Hypothermia Therapy's Role in Post Cardiac Arrest, and Traumatic Brain and Spinal Cord Injury Patients

09:00: Best Practice Database Adds Research Highlighting the Value of Portfolio Management in Early-Stage Commercialization and Customer-Focused Software Quality Assurance

09:00: Hill-Rom and Ascom Increase Partnering Opportunities

09:00: HealthCentral Launches FriendsOfQuinn.com, A Social Network For Young Adults with Learning Disabilities

09:00: Global Med Technologies(R) Licenses 90th Site in the Southeastern U.S.

09:00: AMN Healthcare and HCC Help Student's Dreams Come True

09:00: Siemens Science Day Makes Science Fun for Dallas 5th Graders

09:00: Levitronix LLC Appoints Suraj Kalia to Advisory Board

09:00: Courion and Alegent Health to Discuss HIPAA and Next-Generation Healthcare Portals at HIMSS 09 Annual Conference and Exhibition

09:00: Answers for Life: Siemens' Latest Cutting-Edge Health IT Technology Takes Center Stage at HIMSS 2009

09:00: OlliePalooza: A Night Honoring the Thousands of Children Living Bravely with Mitochondrial Disease

09:00: ImQuest Presents Data on the Anti-Hepatitis B Virus Activity of Pyrimidinediones at the 13th ISVHLD Meeting in Washington D.C.

09:00: Novel Valortim(R) Mechanism of Action Data Presented at the Keystone Symposia on Molecular and Cellular Biology

09:00: Physicians Practice and Alaska Regional Hospital Partner to Improve Patient Care in Alaska

09:00: Codexis Names Lori Giver VP Systems Biology

09:00: Two of Prime Healthcare Services' Hospitals Receive Thomson Reuters 100 Top Hospitals: National Benchmarks Awards

08:36: Conseco Closes Amendment to Credit Facility

08:35: Intercell to Host Conference Call and Webcast Today on FDA Approval of IXIARO(R) Japanese Encephalitis Vaccine

08:35: MyMedicalRecords Offers Privacy Insurance on Personal Health Record and Virtual EsafeDepositBox Products

08:31: Peregrine Pharmaceuticals Awarded New U.S. Patent Further Strengthening Its Anti-Phospholipid Patent Portfolio

08:30: A New Number Everyone Should Know: Their PDQ

08:30: Boehringer Ingelheim Plans to Launch U.S. Registry to Assess the State of Anticoagulation Therapy for Stroke Prevention in Patients with Non-Valvular Atrial Fibrillation

08:30: AARP Financial Inc. Survey Finds: Vast Majority of Families Struggle With Financial Implications of a Life Crisis

08:30: Intrinsic Bioprobes, Inc. Enters into a $1.27M Contract with the National Cancer Institute to Develop Multiplex Mass Spectrometric Immunoassays for Detection of Low Abundance Cancer-Related Proteins

08:30: VIA Pharmaceuticals to Present Poster at AHA Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis and Vascular Biology Conference 2009

08:30: Stanford Study on CyberKnife Radiosurgery for Prostate Cancer Demonstrates 100 Percent PSA Response at 33 months

08:30: DecisionView Board of Directors Appoints James P. Scullion as CEO and President

08:30: Angiotech Pharmaceuticals, Inc. announces License Agreement with Baxter International Inc.

08:23: Changes in Medicare Advantage Reimbursement May Prompt Members to Shop for New Plans

08:15: Miniature Dachshund's Legacy Inspires YourDogHealth.com to Help Other Canines

08:11: Quest Diagnostics to Support Walgreens and Take Care Health Systems' Offer of Free Health Services by Providing Certain Free Laboratory Testing

08:10: WuXi AppTec Bioanalytical Services Unit Passes FDA Inspection

08:07: US Market for Minimally Invasive Treatment of Varicose Veins to Rise to More than $215 Million by 2013

08:05: Automate Corporate Minutes and Resolutions; Stop IRS Woes Before They Happen

08:00: New Study Suggests Rx Estrogen Delivery Through the Skin May Show Safety Benefits as Opposed to Oral Delivery

08:00: ALS Therapy Development Institute: More Burrito!

08:00: QuatRx Completes Enrollment of Ophena(TM)(Ospemifene Tablets) Final Pivotal Phase 3 Study in Women with Postmenopausal Vaginal Atrophy

08:00: Valeant Pharmaceuticals Appoints Steve Stefano of GlaxoSmithKline to Fill Board Vacancy

08:00: The Pancreatic Cancer Action Network and Over 450 Advocates Are on Capitol Hill Today to Call on Members of Congress to Support the Pancreatic Cancer Research and Education Act and Increase National Cancer Institute Funding

08:00: Exenatide Once Weekly Provided Superior Glucose Control With Weight Loss Compared to Sitagliptin or Pioglitazone in Head-to-Head DURATION-2 Study

08:00: NewCardio Leadership to Present Two Abstracts at ISCE Conference

08:00: Kashi Company Expands With New Island Vanilla(TM) Biscuit Cereal

08:00: Australia's Healthinc and AMICAS Announce Exclusive Partnership

08:00: Milliman Survey Says Variable Annuity Guarantees Dominate Annuity Products

08:00: JLL Partners Announces Completion of Acquisition of PharmaNet

08:00: Northern Fertility Joins the RMA Network and Changes Name to Reproductive Medicine Associates of Philadelphia

08:00: Eurotech and Authentidate Enter into a Contract for Embedded Computer for Home-Based Medical Device

08:00: DOR BioPharma Reports Year-End 2008 Financial Results and Reviews Recent Accomplishments

08:00: Prostate Cancer Patients in US and Europe Receive Treatments Using Enhanced Seed Prostate Brachytherapy Software

08:00: VisualSonics to Sell Mauna Kea Technologies' Cellvizio(R) LAB on a Worldwide Basis to Animal Imaging Market

08:00: VIDEO from Medialink, Walgreens and Take Care Health Systems: Walgreens and Take Care Health Systems Announce Offer of Free Health Care Services for Families That Suffer Job Loss and Have No Health Insurance

07:33: Zix Corporation Introduces Powerful New Version of PocketScript

07:33: For April, Economize With Tasty Soyfoods

07:30: Cardiogenesis Reports Fourth Quarter and Fiscal Year 2008 Results

07:30: Boston Scientific Welcomes House Passage of National Pain Care Policy Act

07:30: Number of Revascularization Procedures, Related In-Hospital Mortality and Some Complications Decline, While Rates of Infection and Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) Following Coronary Artery Bypass Graft (CABG) Surgery Increase

07:30: IDM Pharma Reports 2008 Financial Results

07:00: Van Andel Institute Joins the MetaMiner Oncology Partnership Program

07:00: Cepheid Announces European Release of First On-Demand Molecular Pre-Surgical Screening Test for Simultaneous Detection of Methicillin-Sensitive and Resistant S. aureus

07:00: Tiens Biotech Group (USA) Reports Record Twelve-Month Results

07:00: Korean Stem Cells Allow Artist to Paint Again

07:00: Researchers Successfully Create Computer-Simulated Model for Evaluating Artificial Pancreas

07:00: Prilosec OTC(R) Fires Up A BBQ Tour for NASCAR(R) Fans

07:00: Pharmasset Initiates First Time in Human Study of PSI-7851 for the Treatment of Hepatitis C (HCV)

07:00: Innocoll, Inc. Files 510 (k) Application for CollaRx Lidocaine Sponge

07:00: Bioniche Completes Recruitment in First Phase III Clinical Trial with Urocidin(TM)

06:57: America's #1 Companion Gets Respect: The CATalyst 2009 Top 10 Cat-Friendly Cities

06:15: Nation's Largest Home Care Provider Welcomes New Management Team to San Francisco Office

06:00: Business, Labor, Academia and Bioscience Groups To Launch New Coalition to Promote Medical Innovation and Spark Economic Growth

06:00: Thomson Reuters Launches Campaign to Reduce Healthcare Costs by $4 Billion

06:00: Nearly 70 Percent of Health Professionals Support Biotechnology's Use in Food Products

05:20: Study Shows Patients & Nurses Benefit From Continuous Vigilance Monitoring

05:20: Continuous Vigilance Monitoring Technology Benefits Nurses & Patients

05:06: Tired of Sleepless Nights?

05:00: American Society of Anesthesiologists - 2,211 Patient Deaths From OVER Medication

05:00: EUSA Pharma Completes the European Launch of CAPHOSOL(R) for Prevention and Treatment of Oral Mucositis Caused by Cancer Therapy

04:37: Three Prize Winners Awarded in Elsevier's Article 2.0 Contest

03:00: Leading HIV Experts Convene to Tackle the Challenge of Late Presentation in Europe

02:43: Selexis Launches Biosimilar Cell Line Development Program

02:05: GlaxoSmithKline and Shire Enter Agreement to Co-Promote Vyvanse(R) (lisdexamfetamine dimesylate) CII for Adult Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder

02:00: Shire and GlaxoSmithKline Enter Agreement to Co-promote VYVANSE(R) (lisdexamfetamine dimesylate) CII for the Treatment of Adults With ADHD

01:09: China Sky One Medical, Inc. Delays Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2008 Earnings Conference Call

01:07: Hay-Band Acupressure Band Puts Hay Fever Symptoms Under Pressure

01:01: Sigma-Aldrich Enters Exclusive Supply Agreement With Gene Oracle to Leverage Its Unique GeneIOS Gene Synthesis Platform

00:01: World Heart Federation, Daiichi Sankyo and Lilly Partner to Improve Cardiovascular Health